I spent a few hours today writing a blog post. This isn’t it. I couldn’t find my heart in it. So I dove into my Mindful Digital Life “editorial” folder in Evernote to see what captured my attention this week. I scrolled down through 20+ notes until I got to this one—a quote from Maria Popova on Krista Tippet’s @onbeing Instagram that struck me when I first saw it, and struck me again tonight.
If you’ve been reading my posts for a little while, then you know I’m slowly working my way through the book A Velocity of Being that Maria edited with Claudia Bedrick.
I’m listening to the interview that is the source of Maria’s quote. And I’m contemplating the work required to claim knowledge. That is actually what I was writing the post about earlier today—practices we can cultivate to help us do that work. I think it’s very related to what Maryanne Wolf is exploring in her book Reader, Come Home—The Reading Brain in a Digital World.
I like to listen to Krista Tippett’s unedited interviews…this one is 81 minutes and 31 seconds long. Imagine that. A deep conversation.
I hope you’ll listen with me.
UPCOMING EVENTS—BAY AREA
Slow Art Day
If you’re in the Bay Area on April 6, SF MOMA will be hosting their annual SIow Art Day—an event “that aims to transform the act of viewing art. On a single day each year, people all over the world are encouraged to visit local museums and galleries to look at five pieces of art for an hour or more. After the slow-viewing exercise, participants meet for lunch to talk about their experiences.” I will be facilitating the lunchtime conversation this year. Tickets are $10. You can register here.
teen wisdom panel 2.0
I am looking forward to attending this event on April 26th, 7–9 pm, at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, sponsored by the Love Your Nature folks. It’s a rare opportunity to learn from teens themselves about what matters most. If you’re local to the Bay Area, you can register to attend here.
